History : I posted a review about Honda City 20 years ago in my blog. In that post, I commented about its uncanny resemblance of the flowerhorn fish… and how I think its trunk is big enough to fit a few mother in laws.

A honda salesman dropped by and posted a comment to defend that flowerhorn fish car here.

Today, another Honda salesman came by and did the same thing – to refute my claim. What amazes me is, THE GUY MADE THE SAME RETARDED POINT ABOUT THE DARN CAR! You salesmen never learn, do you? Here’s his post, verbatim

harrypotterpride45t posted :
“I think u didnt like the City’s looks agreed but here everyone loves the City for it looks- sporty .

City is the hottest sellng car mind you

And for one-More you see the City -more you love it’s looks -It is not proportionate in a traditional sense but hey-its well merged curves look quite good and sporty + it’s lights are quite sophisticated

Forget it’s looks -May be controversial but its classy interiors are better than any other car of ts size and even bigger cars -So its more car per car

Plus Mileage -Very Low and great comfort for those who love their car’s interiors

Long looking cars are old fashioned dear friend its all about aerodynamics and merging lines and curves and city excels in this”

My reply to this Honda salesman.

Dear Honda salesman a.k.a Harry Potter (hahah… fuck… he should be concerned about magic brooms instead of cars). Thanks for commenting. I have a few comments about your post.

1) I have given up debating on Honda City’s looks. I’ve already said it clearly before – It’s a goddamn ugly car. Never mind the aerodynamics. Never mind the curves. This is the same as judging a girl – no matter how round the girl’s rack or how curvy her ass is, if she’s looking like a swine with leprosy – she WILL be labeled as UGLY.

2) Classy interiors? Very subjective my friend. I’ve seen better. Check out all Peugeots, Citroens or even Renaults’ interior. You’ll get what I mean. So, this point is invalid (baseless).

3) Comfort? If it was driven between 0 to 80kph – yes. But hell, all vehicles are suppose to be comfortable at that speed. Post 100, the stability decreases and wind noise apparent. Not very significantly impressive if you ask me. My car can do over 160 without feeling a slight vibration. Like I’ve stressed in my previous post, Honda City is a compact sedan. It has limited ability when it comes to speeeeeed.

4) Long looking car old fashion? Duuuuude. Please. Long front means there’s a monster engine inside the hood. Short back means a 2 seater/doors with no trunk room to store mother in laws (because the owners are mostly single). Sorry to disappoint you but, these kind of architectures still dominate the top end market… and they are the cars that still define one’s standard. (check out Mazda RX-8 for example)

5) The only thing good about Honda City is the fuel consumption – which I agree is damn impressive. But one could be paying more to maintain the CVT when it comes to wear and tear… so, LPPL.

6) Try to use punctuation marks next time. It really makes your sentence easier to read.

Damn, why do all Honda salesmen have problems with punctuation marks? Or could it be that ‘they’ are from the same person? Well, not that I care anyway.

Someone posted this in my “food taboo” entry.

“It is a gross ignorance that one have yet to know the difference between poultry and dogs. Dogs have a long history for a lot of purposes , from hunting to guide dogs for the disabled. Discrimination? More like stupidity for one to think of eating dogs. – Jo”

Obviously, this person is a dog owner. And let’s assume, Jo is a she. I find her comment quite interesting, and here’s my reply to her:

Alright, Jo. I respect your opinion that eating dogs are wrong – that’s because you probably have a pet dog, and high chances that you are having an affair with it as well. And people don’t eat their pet or sex partner so, I kinda understand.

But then, I’ll have to mock you for using the words “gross”, “ignorance” and “stupidity”. Like I’ve said, each culture has their own food taboo. They were brought up to eat things that their ancestors have been doing for centuries. They are doing the right thing in their own senses.

When one’s eating something different from you, that doesn’t mean that they are stupid. If it does sound stupid to you, then the formula works the other way round too. They could be thinking that you’re stupid as well. So, my point is, you are in no position to insult others, just because you’re doing it differently.

And Jo, I know “dogs have long history for a lot of purposes”. So does other animals – which some you claimed as the little word “poultry” (you should use this word as your nick)

Eg.
chickens : we use it’s eggs for cakes and many other uses. We use their droppings as natural fertilizers and many more. Why do you still eat them ??
cows : they were used to pull carts as a mean of transport in ancient times. We use it’s milk to nourish our youngs (and many more). Why do you still fucking eat them ??

So, who’s stupid and ignorant here ? You are, bitch Jo.

If you don’t eat dogs, that’s fine with everyone. But if you’re castigating others that eat something that you don’t, then you’re nothing more than a perforated idiosyncrasy-snob.

Learn how to respect other cultures – and you’ll discover the joy of living.

I posted a review about Honda City 20 years ago in my blog. Could not remember well what I had commented then, but if I’m not mistaken, I think I complained about its weird looks – that it looked like a flower horn fish… and its trunk too big to fit a few mother in laws.

Despite being posted quite a while ago, I still receive occasional comments from some stray visitors. But today, I received an interesting one. Probably from a Honda salesman or something. Here’s his post :

“It seems people are’nt simply ready to accept crisp , futuristc looks of the new honda city .If u call it ugly listen this -if u look at this car then any other car in this world would seem outdated and traditional. Now for me anything outdated is straightaway ugly.

new city represents just one thing-ie looks taking precedence over space utility and safety and function over form and if you dont agree this is the way of future!Long bonnets are useless -just make interiors cramped and difficult to manage-crisp sleek indeed very modern is the bonnet of new honda city .The new city’s tall profile indeed an suv type seating hieght matchless gives an aura of control on the road rather than the older city version which was hardly visible due to it’s extremely low hieght and belive me low slung absolutely suck-it is the interior comfort which is definitely more important than looks bcoz my dear friends you stay inside the car and not outside!Well almost all about looks -The city is definitely-crisp ,tall ,modern,sporty , flowing shape rather than bieng boxy (boxy means ugly and outdated) -those who like the city’s looks just love it my dear friend appreciate the modernism and forget about short front and long back”

I decided to reply him here because I think this is interesting enough. Here’s my reply to that Honda salesman.

Dear Honda salesman. Thanks for commenting. I have a few comments about your post.

1) You know why I think the new Honda City is ugly ? Because it’s really ugly. It’s too tall for a car of that size. It’s trunk is too damn big. It’s front is too short. It’s ugly, period. Never had I seen a car so ugly before. Heck, it’s so out of proportion, that you would mistakenly open the rear door thinking it’s the front. It’s the matter of opinion I guess.

2) Look at this car, and any other car would seem outdated and traditional ? Dude, please. We’re all grown ups. We don’t dig that kind of baseless shit, k ?

3) Appreciate modernism ? Forget about short front and long back ? Does that mean, people who drives a brand new Prelude .. or Mustang in the US … or the hot rod enthusiast that spent grands … are all conservative and anti modernism ? Low slung absolutely suck ? So ? Factory bus is the best vehicle out there I suppose ? Dude, do you have any idea what is “center of gravity” ? Control .. my friend, is directly proportional to how low your car is. The higher the car, the wider the wheel base it must have – and Honda City my friend, is a compact sedan. It’s main selling point is – cheap and economic. Control ? Low speed yes ler …

4) It’s interior comfort is mediocre. I’ve been inside the new Honda City. Impressive for a compact sedan, I must say. But I’ve seen better. And I have to disagree with you on the interior comfort is more important than anything else. The idea of an automobile in 21st century has changed. People want to look good in them. They want to be noticed. Look at those poor ah bengs and mat racings…. they desperately whore for attention by installing multicolored bulbs on their cars. All the glittering wheels, all the paint jobs. Translates to attention. If your car looks like a flowerhorn fish, no matter how comfy your cabin is – you’ll still feel out of place. And that’s a fact. If you’re really a car salesman, you should bear that in mind.

And dude, try to use punctuation marks next time. It really makes your sentence easier to read.

P/S: I bought a car that looked much better than Honda City a month after that review. It was designed by Pininfarina, came with everything City has to offer (‘cept the CVT gearbox of course)… and is much bigger and LONGER than City. Can do up to 180 kph without floating and no wind noise (City are known to have wind noise problem post 110 kph.) I paid for the same price. Her name is Lorraine.

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